Winter has come

The airline’s past reliance on tourism to Egypt and Tunisia, now danger areas, started the rot. But the Brexit-induced slump in sterling worsened things, and a laissez-faire resistance to government intervention – unlike the German help handed to Air Berlin – finished the job.

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Monarch aircraft are seen parked after the airline ceased trading, at Manchester airport in Britain, October 2, 2017. REUTERS/Andrew Yates - RC16D197C040

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